California
Police arrested a suspected hit-and-run driver whose unregistered car slammed into two small children Nov. 27, seriously injuring them.
Dec. 22, 1995
World & Nation
Suspected leftist guerrillas today hurled a suitcase full of dynamite at a car carrying the head of Peru’s elections board and then sprayed the vehicle with machine-gun fire, seriously wounding the official, his chauffeur and bodyguard, police said.
April 24, 1985
The head of Peru’s elections board, his driver and a bodyguard were all critically wounded when five men, firing machine guns, ambushed the official’s car.
April 25, 1985
Entertainment & Arts
Placido Domingo Awards Dinner honors Juan Diego Florez
Dec. 6, 2009
A runoff race overshadowed by accusations of ballot tampering and bribery came to a decisive end Saturday as Dallas voters elected former City Councilwoman Laura Miller mayor of the nation’s ninth largest city.
Feb. 17, 2002
Dodgers
Scoring two runs in five different innings, the Bakersfield Dodgers pounded the Ventura County Gulls, 10-2, Wednesday at Ventura College.
Aug. 14, 1986
Politics
Election: Two candidates will face off Feb. 16 in bid to replace Ron Kirk, who quit to run for Senate.
Jan. 20, 2002
Soccer
Dallas City Council members Glenn Box and Domingo Garcia have caught soccer fever--and flack.
July 9, 1994
The 21-year-old winner of a competition to drink the most tequila died and three other contestants were hospitalized and gravely ill, officials said in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
March 9, 2005
Former Texas Secretary of State Ron Kirk was elected mayor of Dallas on Saturday in a landslide, becoming the first black elected mayor of any major city in the state.
May 7, 1995